Elphaba Thropp
| Elphaba | |
|---|---|
| Created by |
L. Frank Baum Gregory Maguire |
| Portrayed by | Multiple (Musical) |
| Information | |
| Full name | Elphaba Thropp |
| Nickname(s) | Elphie Green girl Artichoke The Wicked The Witch Fae Fabala little frog Wicked Witch of the West The Wicked Witch |
| Aliases | Sister St. Aelphaba Wicked Witch of the West |
| Species | Human (with talents in witchcraft) |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Student (formerly) Activist |
| Family |
Parents: Melena Thropp (mother) Wizard of Oz (biological father) Frexspar Thropp (legal father) Siblings: Nessarose (maternal half-sister) Shell (maternal half-brother) |
| Significant other(s) | Galinda Upland |
| Relatives |
Grandparents: Eminent Thropp of Munchkinland (maternal grandfather) |
| Religion | None (atheism) |
| Nationality | Ozian |
Elphaba Thropp /ˈɛlfəbə ˈθrɒp/ is a fictional character in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, as well as in the Broadway and West End adaptations, Wicked.
In the original L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West is unnamed and little is explained about her life. Elphaba is modeled after the Witch portrayed by Margaret Hamilton in the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz: green-skinned, clad entirely in black and wearing a tall peaked hat. Maguire formulated the name "Elphaba" from the phonetic pronunciation of Baum's initials L.F.B. In both adaptations, Elphaba is also called by several nicknames including Elphie, Fabala, Sister (Saint) Aelphaba, Auntie Witch, and Fae.
Elphaba is the illegitimate daughter of Melena Thropp and the Wizard of Oz. She was conceived when the Wizard drugged and raped Melena. Elphaba does not discover her true father's identity until later in her life, and grows up believing that her mother's husband Frexspar is her father. Through her mother, she can lay claim to the highest held title of Munchkinland, the Eminent Thropp. Frexspar, the unionist minister and missionary, is her mother’s husband. Nessarose (later the Wicked Witch of the East), and Shell, the Emperor of Oz after the wizard's departure, are her half siblings. Because of her noble ancestry, Elphaba bears the title of "Thropp Third Descending".
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